Warren Wolf wrote: "well joining forces with Europe and Germany in itself makes sense when you look at the situation the US finds itself in, un-competitiveness and suffocating debt levels. So US needs Germany and the EU anyway just to stay afloat it seems..well China is also needed.."

Jeffrey Hatmaker replied: "Europe and China are over their heads. Combined they don't have near enough money to keep America afloat. When America goes under Europe and China will not fare well. It won't be long now."

49niner thinks: "This is quite a realistic report and will go some way to satisfy serious critics of the way banks were allowed to operate in the run up to the crisis. It concentrates on what is possible and achieveable.